Evergreen TREES

Claudia Wannamaker Magnolia 

Magnolia grandiflora

Tree Description: Large sized tree up to 80 feet; shade tolerant. 

Twig/Bark: Dark gray bark that is smooth on young trees that lightly is furrowed and scaly with age. Twigs and buds are brown with rusty to tawny hairs.

Leaf: Leaves are evergreen and widely elliptic. The blade is thick and leathery with an upper surface that is dark green and glossy. The lower surface is light green. 

Flower/Fruit: Flower around May; Showy and fragrant, solitary at the tip of twigs that can be up to 30 cm wide with up to 12 large creamy-white tepals. Fruit in Fall are a cone-like aggregate of follicles up to 10 cm long with bright red seeds

Habitat: Dry-mesic to mesic upland forests, riparian forests, fencerows; usually in urban areas or near old homesites. Native to the outer portions of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains, from North Carolina to Eastern Texas and has become more common in the wild in Arkansas.

All plants, as well as size, color and cultivar, will vary based upon availability.